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AKA: Arbeitskreis Physik und Abrüstung
AKA 5: Verifikation aus der Luft
AKA 5.1: Talk
Thursday, March 18, 1999, 15:30–16:00, CH3
Perspectives for Open Skies — •Hartwig Spitzer1 and Rafael Wiemker2 — 1II. Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg — 2Philips-Forschungslabors Hamburg
The Treaty on Open Skies of March 1992 foresees observation over-flights over the full territory of 27 states parties in North America, Europe and Asia (NATO states and members of the former Warsaw Treaty Organisation). The agreed sensor set includes photographic cameras at 30 cm ground resolution, thermal infrared scanners and synthetic aperture radar. Although the treaty has not yet entered into force, an intensive trial operation process has been initiated, which has provided considerable operational experience. In this contribution we will address results from trial operation and the outlook for treaty ratification. We also verify that images at the agreed photographic resolution cannot be sharpened by image transformations. Finally we will discuss the perspectives for implementing the Open Skies approach in other regions of the World (South America, South East Asia).